2014

Wells K, Lakim MB, O'Hara RB (2014 online early) Shifts from native to invasive small mammals across gradients from tropical forest to urban habitat in Borneo. Biodivers Conserv doi: 10.1007/s10531-014-0723-5

Wells K, Feldhaar H, O'Hara RB (2014) Population fluctuations affect inference in ecological networks of multi-species interactions. Oikos 123:589–598

2013

Boch S, Prati D, Müller J, Socher S, Baumbach H, Buscot F, Gockel S, Hemp A, Hessenmöller D, Kalko EKV, Linsenmair KE, Pfeiffer S, Pommer U, Schöning I, Schulze E-D, Seilwinder C, Weisser WW, Wells K, Fischer M (2013) High plant species richness indicates management-related disturbances rather than the conservation status of forests. Basic Appl Ecol 14: 496-505

Lauterbach R, Wells K, O'Hara RB, Kalko EKV, Renner SC (2013) Variable strength of forest stand attributes and weather impacts on the density of Ixodes ricinus ticks over years in managed forests. PLoS ONE 8(1): e55365

Socher SA, Prati D, Boch S, Müller J, Baumbach H, Gockel S, Hemp A, Schöning I, Wells K, Buscot F, Kalko EKV, Linsenmair KE, Schulze E-D, Weisser WW, Fischer M (2013) Interacting effects of fertilization, mowing and grazing on plant species diversity of 1500 grasslands in Germany differ between regions. Basic Appl Ecol 14:126-136

Wells K, Dohlich T, Wahl J, O’Hara RB (in press) Spatio-temporal dynamics in waterbirds during the non-breeding season: effects of local movements, migration and weather are monthly, not yearly. Basic Appl Ecol 14: 523-531

Wells K, O’Hara RB (2013) Species interactions: estimating per individual interaction strength and covariates before simplifying data into per species ecological networks. Methods Ecol Evol 4:1-8

Wells K, O’Hara RB, Pfeiffer M, Lakim MB, Petney TN, Durden LA (2013) Inferring host specificity and network formation through agent-based models: tick – mammal interactions in Borneo. Oecologia, 172:307-316

2012

Blüthgen N, Dormann CF, Prati D, Klaus VH, Kleinebecker T, Hölzel N, Alt F, Boch S, Gockel S, Hemp A, Müller J, Nieschulze J, Renner SC, Schöning I, Schumacher U, Socher SA, Wells K, Birkhofer K, Buscot F, Oelmann Y, Rothenwöhrer C, Scherber C, Tscharntke T, Weiner CN, Fischer M, Kalko EKV; Linsenmair KE, Schulze ED, Weisser WW (2012) A quantitative index of land-use intensity in grasslands: integrating mowing, grazing and fertilization. Basic Appl Ecol 13:207-220

Kernif T, Socolovschi C, Wells K, Lakim MB, Inthalad S, Slesak G, Boudebouch N, Beaucournu JC, Newton PN, Raoult D, Parola P (2012) Bartonella and Rickettsa in arthropods from the Lao PDR and from Borneo, Malaysia. Comp Immunol Microbiol Inf Dis 35: 51-57

Naether A, Foesel BU, Naegele V, Wüst PK, Weinert J, Bonkowski M, Alt F, Oelmann Y, Polle A, Lohaus G, Gockel S, Hemp A, Kalko EKV, Linsenmair KE, Pfeiffer S, Renner S, Schöning I, Weisser WW, Wells K, Fischer M, Overmann J, Friedrich MW (2012) Environmental factors affect acidobacterial communities below the subgroup level in grassland and forest soils. Appl Environ Microbiol 78:7398-7406

Wells K, Beaucournu JC, Durden LA, Petney TN, Lakim MB, O’Hara RB (2012) Ectoparasite infestation patterns of domestic dogs in suburban and rural areas in Borneo. Parasitol Res 111:909-919

Wells K, O’Hara RB, Böhm SM, Gockel S, Hemp A, Renner SC, Pfeiffer S, Böhning-Gaese K, Kalko EKV (2012) Trait-dependent occupancy dynamics of birds in temperate forest landscapes: fine-scale observations in a hierarchical multi-species framework. Anim Conserv 15: 626-637

2011

Beaucournu JC, Wells K (2011) Gryphopsylla segregata Beaucournu & Sountsov, 1999: nouveau statut pour G. jacobsoni segregata, description de la femelle et proposition d'une nouvelle clé pour le genre Gryphopsylla Traub, 1957 (Siphonaptera - Pygiopsyllidae - Stivaliinae) [French]. Parasite 18: 247-250

Böhm SM, Wells K, Kalko EKV (2011) Top-down control of herbivory by birds and bats in the canopy of temperate broad-leaved oaks (Quercus robur). PLoS One 6(4):e17857

Wells K, Böhm SM, Boch S, Fischer M, Kalko EKV (2011) Local and landscape-scale forest attributes differ in their impact on bird assemblages across years in forest production landscapes. Basic Appl Ecol 12:97-106

Wells K, Lakim MB, Beaucournu, JC (2011) Host specificity and niche partitioning in flea–small mammal networks in Bornean rainforests. Med Vet Entomol 25:311-319

Wells K, Lakim MB, Schulz S, Ayasse M (2011) Pitchers of Nepenthes rajah collect faecal droppings from both diurnal and nocturnal small mammals and emit fruity odour. J Trop Ecol 27:347-353

2010

Fischer M, Bossdorf O, Gockel S, Hänsel F, Hemp A, Hessenmöller D, Korte G, Nieschulze J, Pfeiffer S, Prati D, Renner SC, Schöning I, Schumacher U, Wells K, Buscot F, Kalko EKV, Linsenmair KE, Schulze E-D, Weisser WW (2010) Implementing large-scale and long-term functional biodiversity research: The Biodiversity Exploratories. Basic Appl Ecol 11:473-485

2009

Beaucournu JC, Wells K (2009) Une puce nouvelle de Sabah (Île de Borneo), Macrostylophora durdeni  n. sp. (Insecta: Siphonaptera: Ceratophyllidae) [French]. Parasite 16:283-287

Cockburn A, Dalziell, AH, Blackmore CJ, Double MC, Kokko H, Osmond HL, Beck NR, Head ML, Wells K (2009) Superb fairy-wren males aggregate into hidden leks to solicit extragroup fertilisations before dawn. Behav Ecol 20:501-510

Lenz TL, Wells K, Pfeiffer M, Sommer S (2009) Diverse MHC IIB allele repertoire increases parasite resistance and body condition in the Long-tailed giant rat (Leopoldamys sabanus). BMC Evol Biol 9:269

Thamm S, Kalko EKV, Wells K (2009) Ectoparasite infestations of hedgehogs (Erinaceus europaeus) are associated with small-scale landscape structures in an urban - suburban environment. EcoHealth 6:404-413

Wells K, Corlett RT, Kalko EKV, Lakim MB, Pfeiffer M (2009) Seed consumption by small mammals from Borneo. J Trop Ecol 5:555-558

2008

Wells K, Kalko EKV, Lakim MB, Pfeiffer M (2008) Movement and ranging patterns of a tropical rat (Leopoldamys sabanus) in logged and unlogged rain forests. J Mammal 89:712-720

Wells K, Lakim MB, Pfeiffer M (2008) Movement patterns of rats and treeshrews in SE Asian rainforest inferred from mark-recapture data. Ecotropica 14:113-120

2007

Wells K, Kalko, EKV, Lakim MB, Pfeiffer M (2007) Effects of rain forest logging on species richness and assemblages of small mammals in SE Asia. J Biogeog  34:1087-1099

Wells K, Smales LR, Kalko, EKV, Pfeiffer M (2007) Impact of rainforest logging on parasitic helminth assemblages in small mammals (Muridae, Tupaiidae) from Borneo. J Trop Ecol 23:35-43

2006

Wells K, Kock D, Lakim MB, Pfeiffer M (2006) Is Rattus rattus invading the primary rainforest on Borneo? Malay Nat J 59:73-79

Wells K, Lakim MB, Pfeiffer M (2006) Nest sites of rodents and treeshrews in Borneo. Ecotropica 12:141-149

Wells K, Pfeiffer M, Lakim MB, Kalko EKV (2006) Movement trajectories and habitat partitioning of small mammals in logged and unlogged rainforests on Borneo. J Anim Ecol 75:1212-1223

2005

Beaucournu JC, Wells K (2005) Macrostylophora kinabaluae n. sp. (Insecta: Siphonaptera: Ceratophyllidae), puce nouvelle de Sabah (Malaisie orientale, Île de Bornéo) [French]. Parasite 12:237-240

Beaucournu JC, Wells K (2005). Redescription de Macrostylophora borneensis (Jordan, 1926), puce de la sous-région malaise (Siphonaptera : Ceratophyllidae : Ceratophyllinae) et description d’une espèce affine [French]. Parasite 12:293-298

Wells K, Bagchi R (2005) Eat in or take away – seed predation and removal by rats (Muridae) during a fruiting event in a dipterocarp rainforest. Raffl Bull Zool 53:125-130

Wells K, Biun A, Gabin M (2005) Viverrid and herpestid observations by camera and small mammal cage trapping in the lowland rainforests on Borneo including a record of the Hose’s Civet, Diplogale hosei. Small Carnivore Conservation 32:12-14

2004

Beaucournu JC, Wells K (2004) Trois espèces nouvelles du Genre Medwayella Traub, 1972 (Insecta: Siphonaptera: Pygiopsyllidae) de Sabah (Malaisie Orientale; Ile de Bornéo) [French]. Parasite 11:373-375

Wells K, Pfeiffer M, Lakim MB, Linsenmair KE (2004) Arboreal spacing patterns of the large pencil-tailed tree mouse, Chiropodomys major, in a rainforest in Sabah, Malaysia. Ecotropica 10:15-22

Wells K, Pfeiffer M, Lakim MB, Linsenmair, KE (2004) Use of arboreal and terrestrial space by a small mammal community in a tropical rain forest in Borneo, Malaysia. J Biogeog 31:641-652

 

Pfeiffer S, Gockel S, Hemp A, Wells K, Prati  D, Nieschulze J, Kalko EKV, Buscot F, Linsenmair KE, Schulze ED, Weisser WW, Fischer M (2009) 'Exploratories' for functional biodiversity research. Pp. 24-27. In: Atlas of Biodiversity Risk, Settele J, Penev L, Georgiev T, Grabaum R, Grobelnik V, Hammen V, Klotz S, Kotarac M, Kühn I (eds), Pensoft Publishers, Sofia-Moscow

Kalko EKV, Wells K (2009) Implementierung und Forschung im Biodiversitäts-Exploratorium Schwäbische Alb. Bericht des Gebietsmanagements für den Zeitraum 2006-2008. Report on the implementation and management of the Biodiversity Exploratory Schwäbische Alb to regional stakeholders [German]

Wells K (2006) Explorative Biodiversitätsforschung: großes Alb-Projekt lässt neue Einblicke erwarten [German]. Uni Ulm Intern 282 :18

Wells K (2005) Swallowed up. How an elegant bronze-back (Dendrelaphis cf. formosus) failed to prey on a common tree frog (Polypedates leucomystax). Malayan Naturalist 58:38-39

Wells K, Lakim MB, Bernard H, Pfeiffer M (2004) Small mammals in the rainforest canopy: a neglected group of conservational concern? ASEAN Review of Biodiversity & Conservation (ARBEC)

Wells K, Bernard H, Lakim MB, Pfeiffer M (2004) Mamalia kecil di sepanjang paksi menegak hutan hujan tropika Borneo: Tiada sempadan di antara lantai hutan dan kanopi [Malay]. Newsletter ‘Universiti Malaysia Sabah’, Institute for Tropical Biology & Conservation 1/2004:6-13

Wells K, Pfeiffer M (2004) Markierung von Kleinsäugern im Regenwald Malaysias: passive Transponder als zuverlässiges Markierungssystem in einer langfristigen Studie [German]. Zoologischer Garten 74:160-167